New ARM v9.2 Powered DIY NAS Revealed – The Minisforum N5R Minisforum has used IFA 2026 to reveal another addition to its growing NAS range, this time in the form of the N5R. At first glance, it follows the same general 5-bay desktop design language as the company’s other recent N5 systems, including the removable […]

The UGREEN MA100 – A $9999 4-Bay Intelligent Home NAS??? When UGREEN introduced its HomeAgent range of HA100/HA100 PRO controlled smart home devices, most of the attention inevitably landed on the MasterAgent MA100, a 4-bay system carrying a $9,999 Super Early Bird price and a stated MSRP of $19,999. That places it far outside the […]

Gl.iNet Launching Portable Dashcams and AirBnB Cameras – No, Really… GL.iNet is best known for its travel routers, networking hardware and increasingly broad range of portable connectivity products, but at IFA 2026 the company showed that it is looking at expanding into another part of the travel market. Under its Umino branding, GL.iNet revealed the […]

Minisforum MS-01 SE Launched at IFA 2026 The Minisforum MS-01 SE is a lower-cost variation of the company’s established MS-01 mini workstation, first shown at IFA 2026 as a way to retain much of the original system’s compact workstation design while trimming back some of the more expensive hardware. Rather than replacing the MS-01 outright, […]

The New UGREEN HomeAgent Series Revealed UGREEN has spent the last few years building out its NAS range, but its latest announcement takes the company in a rather different direction. I was in Boston for the reveal of UGREEN HomeAgent, a new family of systems designed to bring local storage, AI processing, home surveillance and […]

UniFi UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 1 Year Later Review When Ubiquiti introduced the UNAS 2 and UNAS 4 in September 2025, the company was attempting to bring its comparatively simple UniFi Drive storage platform into a pair of compact desktop systems. The UNAS 2 targeted smaller deployments with 2 HDD bays, while the UNAS […]

Beelink ME Pro 304 NAS Early Review The Beelink ME Pro is a compact 2-bay NAS and mini PC built around Intel’s newly launched Core 3 304 processor, a 5-core, 5-thread Wildcat Lake chip based on Intel’s 18A process. It represents a substantial change from the earlier N150-equipped ME Pro while retaining the same general […]

Shrge Disk Pro 2 Mobile Dock – Problems Solved? The SHARGE Disk Pro 2 combines an M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure with a compact USB-C docking station designed for use with phones, laptops, handheld consoles, cameras and other portable devices. It follows the original Disk Pro but takes a more flexible approach, allowing users to install […]

Don’t Buy the WRONG Hardware KVM – Use This Guide To Get it Right, First Time! Remote access is often treated as a software problem, but there are situations where software alone is not enough. A physical remote KVM sits between you and the target computer at the hardware level, giving remote access to the […]

UniFi ENAS vs UNAS Pro NAS – Which Should You Buy? The UniFi ENAS and UNAS Pro models are aimed at quite different types of storage user, even though they all sit inside the same UniFi Drive platform. The UNAS Pro, UNAS Pro 4 and UNAS Pro 8 cover the more familiar end of rackmount […]

GL.iNet Comet X KVM Early Review, Teardown and Testing The GL.iNet Comet X GL-RM4PE is a 4-port hardware KVM designed to manage several computers or servers from 1 central device. It connects directly to the HDMI and USB interfaces of up to 4 client systems, allowing the user to switch between them remotely through a […]

UGREEN NAS Prime Day 2026 Deals: Up to $300 Off NASync Storage UGREEN has launched its Prime Day 2026 NASync sale, with discounts across its home, enthusiast, professional and all-flash NAS range. The main promotional period runs from June 23 to June 28, with savings reaching up to $300 on selected models. UGREEN is also […]

UGREEN has listed two new high-end NAS systems in China: the 6-bay DXP6800 Ultra and the 8-bay DXP8800 Ultra. These are not minor updates to the existing NASync range. They push UGREEN’s desktop NAS line into a much more performance-focused category, with Intel Core 5 / Core 7 U-series processors, dual 10GbE, dual Thunderbolt 4, […]

ZimaCube 2 NAS Review – The Difficult ‘Second Album’… The ZimaCube 2 is IceWhale’s latest desktop NAS and self-hosting system, and this review is focused specifically on the standard non-Pro model priced at $799. It follows on from the original ZimaCube and ZimaCube Pro, but it arrives in a very different context. IceWhale is no […]

The Beelink EX Mate Pro – A Very, VERY Different Kind of DAS! The Beelink EX Mate Pro sits somewhere between a USB4 v2 docking station, a desktop storage enclosure, a laptop charger, and a small conferencing accessory. Rather than focusing on 1 function, it combines several common desk-side add-ons into a single 99 x […]

A More Focused 4-Bay NAS From UGREEN – the DXP4800GT Review UGREEN has moved quickly in the NAS market, and the DXP4800GT is one of the clearer examples of that. I first looked at this model when it appeared through UGREEN’s China-facing material, then again around Computex 2026 when it became clear that it was […]

A First Look Around the Minisforum Stand at Computex 2026 Computex 2026 is now underway in Taipei, and I am at the Minisforum stand looking over what the company has brought to the show floor this year. There are several compact systems on display, including the S5 all-flash NAS, the MS-03 workstation mini PC, and […]

New Beelink ME Pro Coming (with Intel Core i5-13420H, AMD Ryzen 7 H 255, and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370) The Beelink ME Pro series has officially expanded, shifting the lineup from its original low-power origins into a high-performance compact computing platform that blurs the line between a mini PC and a traditional NAS. […]

Gl.iNet Reveal a Multi-Client KVM Management Device – the Comet X GL.iNet has added the Comet X to its expanding Comet KVM range, with this model taking a more rack-focused approach than the earlier single-system units. Rather than being built around remote access to 1 machine, the Comet X is aimed at users who need […]